objective-c Align UILabe to right inside UitableViewCell using AutoResizingMask - ios

I am creating an iPhone app, now i am trying to align a uilabel inside custom tableview cell to the right using autoresizing mask, i am doing it in interface builder and i am using storyboards, but the problem i am having is that the label just disappears when i run app in iphone 6 simulator, the autoresizing is working fine when i align label to the left of table view cell, but strangely it is not working when i try to align the label right of table view cell, how should i do this?
Note: i don't need to align the uilabel text but need to align the uilabel itself to right.

the answer is used for my project , please customize the x, y , width and height as you need
I also face the same problem , SO i follow this method cellForRowAtIndexPath
cell.yourlableName.frame=CGRectMake(add your label x - position,add your label Y position, [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.width- add your label width, add your label Height ); for example in your iPhone 4 width is 320 so reduce the width 320-yourlabel width,
else part call this line in your custom cell class
- (void)awakeFromNib {
cell.yourlableName.frame=CGRectMake(180.0f,220.0f, [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.width-216.0f, 19.0f);
}
its working fine for me in all device it shows in right side perfectly.

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